Grus galaxies - the don't bring me down cluster*

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Somnium

Really great image Rick, i love shots like this, just surfing around to see those faint fuzzies, fantastic. Though, are you sure Abell 1111 is in this view, looking in TSX, that galaxy cluster is around RA 10h 51m and Dec -02 39' but the Grus quart is around 23h 19m and -42 18'

Thanks, Aidan. Looks like Abel 1111 was incorrect. The galaxy cluster in the FOV is actually ACO 3998.

Originally Posted by Shiraz

Ripper image Rick - lovely to be able to see so much interesting stuff in one frame.

Thanks, Ray!

[Kunama]

Beautiful image Rick !!! we were viewing this at Coolah on the weekend under near perfect conditions.....

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Kunama

Beautiful image Rick !!! we were viewing this at Coolah on the weekend under near perfect conditions.....

Thanks, Matt! What scope were you using? It was interesting looking through the big dobs at Astrofest though I'm not a huge fan of ladders in the dark, especially as imagers like a drink or two to ward off the cold

[Kunama]

Originally Posted by RickS

Thanks, Matt! What scope were you using? It was interesting looking through the big dobs at Astrofest though I'm not a huge fan of ladders in the dark, especially as imagers like a drink or two to ward off the cold

We had Shane's Meade 10" LX, Allan's Zambuto powered XT12G? and my 18"F5.6 with Galaxy Optics mirrors.

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Kunama

We had Shane's Meade 10" LX, Allan's Zambuto powered XT12G? and my 18"F5.6 with Galaxy Optics mirrors.

Nice! How did they compare, Matt?

[Kunama]

Originally Posted by RickS

Nice! How did they compare, Matt?

We mostly had each scope pointing at different targets with different eyepieces and were swapping views so did not really do direct comparisons.

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Kunama

We mostly had each scope pointing at different targets with different eyepieces and were swapping views so did not really do direct comparisons.

That's a nice way to observe!

[PRejto (Peter)]

I'm late to the party to comment on this very striking image. However, it really is outstanding and hypnotic. Refractors rule.

Peter

[Fabiomax (Fabiomassimo)]

What a wonderful field! Also interesting for the physical implications of galaxies! I went to look for it on the planetarium, but to me it is too low! I console myself with your beautiful picture.
Cheers,
Fabiomax

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by PRejto

I'm late to the party to comment on this very striking image. However, it really is outstanding and hypnotic. Refractors rule.

Thanks, Peter. I do enjoy imaging with the AP140!

Originally Posted by Fabiomax

What a wonderful field! Also interesting for the physical implications of galaxies! I went to look for it on the planetarium, but to me it is too low! I console myself with your beautiful picture.

Thanks, Fabiomax! You have many cool objects that we can't image so that seems fair